Seanad debates

Thursday, 19 June 2003

Intoxicating Liquor Bill 2003: Committee Stage.

 

Take the example of the family holiday hotel in the west where it would be normal practice for the family to eat at 8 p.m. or 9 p.m. The family would usually go into the bar of the hotel before going to the restaurant. It will be virtually impossible to implement this provision when the family is together. Other Members gave the examples of people coming back from football matches and so forth but the 9 p.m. limit addresses this to an extent. However, I cannot see a hotelier being able to operate this measure. In most holiday hotels in the west the bar and dining room are beside each other and there is constant interchange between them. I do not see how this provision can work.

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